Three people, including a one-and-a-half-year-old child, died on the spot on Wednesday evening after a car rear-ended a motorcycle on the Hosapete-Ballari National Highway near Dharmasagara in Vijayanagara district. The victims were identified as 55-year-old Mayya from Metri village in Kampli taluk, her daughter Jyoti, 28, and Jyoti’s daughter Divya, who was one and a half years old.

The central government has announced a Rs 38-crore initiative to conserve and restore key monuments in Hampi, the former capital of the Vijayanagara Empire and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The project targets structures from the 14th to 16th centuries, including the Jain temples on Hemakuta Hill and the Saraswati temple complex at Singanayakanahalli.

A 25-year-old youth was brutally murdered with a rubble stone near the Ellamma Temple at the fourth cross of Siddalingappa Chowki in Hospet, Vijayanagara district, on Tuesday morning. The incident, which stemmed from a trivial dispute between young men, resulted in a fatal blow to the back of the victim's head.

Water storage in the Tungabhadra reservoir has fallen to 34.64 trillion cubic feet (TMC ft), with the possibility of canal water supply ceasing within the next 10 days. Although the Irrigation Advisory Committee had decided to release water into canals until November 20, with a potential extension to December 10 if winter rains provided inflow, the current lack of rainfall has made this extension impossible.

Sugarcane farmers in Huvinahadagali protested on Tuesday, demanding that the state government fix a uniform price for the crop across Karnataka rather than allowing regional variations. Farmers Chandrappa and Chandrasekhara Shastri from Kodabala stated that they would not accept discriminatory pricing for Vijayanagara district.

Railway officials on Monday confirmed that staff in the Hubballi division returned a bag containing Rs 52,500 in cash and two passports to a passenger who had accidentally left it behind on a train. The incident occurred on November 8 when Arjun Gurushiddappa Toppavar and his wife were travelling from Bengaluru to Belgaum on the Rani Chennamma Express.

Mallappa Sajjanagudda, a farmer from Kyadiguppa village in Kushtagi taluk of Koppal district, lost Rs 5.5 lakh after being deceived by cyber fraudsters who promised to arrange a loan for a tipper. The incident occurred after the victim approached an Axis Bank branch in Ilkal, Bagalkot district, seeking a Rs 40 lakh loan, but was informed that the bank did not offer such facilities.

A farmer in Koppal district has lost Rs 5.54 lakh to cyber fraudsters who exploited his trust while he was at a bank branch. Mallappa Sajjanagudda, a resident of Kadi Guppa village in Kushtagi taluk, had approached the Axis Bank branch in Ilakal to seek a Rs 40 lakh loan for the purchase of a tipper truck.

Social activists and various organizations in Hampi and Hosapete have urged authorities to install CCTV cameras at several vulnerable locations within the historic heritage site. The demand follows the recent discovery of a decomposed body belonging to an unidentified woman near Sugreev Cave, which has sparked suspicions of a possible treasure-hunting attempt.

Male students at the PM Shree Government Higher Secondary School in Pinjara Hegdalu village, Hagaribommanahalli taluk of Vijayanagara district, are compelled to use the school's compound wall as a toilet due to the complete absence of dedicated facilities for boys.

Hosapete City Council President N. Ramesh Kumar announced that ₹23.55 crore has been allocated to the city under the 16th Finance Commission for the 2026–27 financial year. Speaking at a special council meeting convened to discuss the allocation, Kumar said that a suitable action plan would be prepared and submitted to the District Collector for approval.

Tahsildar B.V. Girish Babu announced that 29,726 names have been removed from the final State Intelligence Report (SIR) list for the Harapanahalli assembly constituency due to various reasons. Speaking after a meeting with political parties held on Sunday at the Taluk Administration Building in the city, he detailed the changes made to the electoral rolls.